I agree with your disdain for the direction Evernote has taken with Skitch 2, or rather the lack of direction it has suffered due to Evernote's purchasing of Skitch v1. Skitch was so close to being an invaluable tool for years to come but when the developer chooses to cut development there is nothing you can do.

For some reason it seems as if Sketch was bought so that development would cease under it's previous owners. I did not use Skitch much under v1 but have compared the two and it's truly appears to be app suicide/sabotage under Evernote... I do not know for what reason or if Evernote has simply lost all common sense but from their advancements with the flagship app and service it seems to be the former.

I only write this because Skitch v1 could have been great for my workflow with a few tweaks to "capture Safari pages" and the saving process. How does that option diminish from any other part of Skitch if left as is functionality wise in v2 as it was in v1... so do not do anything to it but how do you justify simply removing an extremely useful feature that doesn't interfere with any other functioning or "hurt" the app or it's user base but rather retains or attracts new users? You are asking these same questions just like so many others, as the reviews blatantly demonstrate like a slap across the developers' face but no interest, one reason or another. I like Evernote, but will not purchase a premium account simply from witnessing the Skitch purchase and neglect/dismantle routine. I do not want to rely on a service that will non-sensically make decisions and ignore their user's pleads not even for new features but at least a version that retains features torn out of v2 for no explainable reason. I know they are doing just fine without my money and clearly do not care what Skitch user's think, even this update is not that profound as they portray it to be, but I hope other Mac users are at least aware of this behavior. It's not hard, try v2 and then try v1 of Skitch... if you come out saying you like v2 better I promise you are in the bottom ten percent (fabricated figure, but ten sounds generous) block of users.

I hold no faith in Evernote as a company for removing the capturing of Safari pages, Apple's default platform and a feature that makes it a free or with premium purchase, paid, competitor to about a dozen old and new mac apps which have the basic functionality and not much else. LittleSnapper and Voila have done the best job with capturing web pages as they appear but LS has little development these last couple years and Voila is a great app with a great company driving it but I still prefer to go to the command line for the simple reason that it allows me more flexibility for my workflow of capturing, annotating, and moving out of the app's database and into my own simple logging setup. Skitch fits the bill perfectly but It appears the Snap Safari option in the menu, Apple's native browser, was causing Evernote so many problems that it had to be completely removed and replaced with no feature that can take it's place.

The app is great, v1's rating shows that much but between the removal of the two features I need most to be efficient I can get by with the CL and a free graphics editor but potential that Skitch had is scary. Of course it is easy to see what drove the decision to remove the two features I need, Evernote subscriptions. Snap Safari feature threatened Evernote's Save Full Page feature. I am guessing on this reasoning but common sense points in this direction only reaffirmed by the removal of no ability to rename the screencap before dragging to local drive and less drag/export formats when done so.

I get they want to sell subscriptions not develop a free app for our community. That's fine, but give me the option to pay you for the features you took out in an effort to "force" or persuade me that a subscription to Evernote would be the best option for my workflow. I would happily pay for Skitch 2 + removed functionality that was available in Skitch v1. Evernote, you don't even have to do any more developing and you will make money. Just add back all of the options that made Skitch attractive to users in the first place and keep the paid version up to date with your subscription geared updates to v2. I don't see how anybody loses in that scenario but that makes way too much sense and everybody wants all of their screengrabs to be public, of course, the default/unchangeable option for uploading snapshots. Hmm, I really don't just take snapshots for others to see and even if I did I'd like an option to not automatically publicly share and then have to remember to change the options later Evernote... well how about that, their driving me back to Evernote. Removing options or forcing workflows on users so they need to run/login to the only service the company cares about makes economical sense but in my case it has made me weary of Evernote's devotion to their user's. It's not Skitch anymore... It's Evernote's Screenshot Annotator.

Solution is simple and both parties benefit. (1) Current version should be named "EverSkitch" - Those who want to integrate everything will remain thrilled, all 1/100 users that upgraded from v1. (2) Put back all those basic features that contributed to functionality that made v1 an app worth buying, from your companies perspective, and charge user's. It really is not anything major.

Wow, I really wasted a lot of time on this as if I was going to get through to company. I was going to hold out hope and then saw the dedicated thread for this issue, it was much too long to be read as so many people posted their support for a change in approach/wanted features they depended on returned, etc... - I did not bother posting after realizing that even minor feature re-implementation pleas were ignored by developer's and everyone's questions/complaints did not even receive a response from the company. I should have posted this on their forum but felt no point and this tirade came out, after again trying both versions and realizing how much I would love a non-feature deprived independent Skitch v2. So much wasted potential.

@yiluminate - I didn't even use Skitch v1 much but the little bit that I did I found it invaluable. I now know why you continue to push the obvious and appreciate your enthusiasm. I gave up hope on Evernote, I have seen crazier things than common sense prevail though... keep the faith but I have a feeling when your Evernote subscription retires your faith in a usable Skitch will also begin to fade. Oh well, they own the app and can and have done as they wish with the needs of Skitch user's receiving not even a fleeting thought. How can we sell more subscriptions was/is the motto for sure.

Have you sent this to the Skitch team at Evernote? I doubt that they read the feedback here …

@Odysseus yes, I have tried various times in the past to communicate my frustration. I felt that it was high time to articulate things here so that others can copy and paste my feedback and push them towards the developers.

I used Skitch 1 for about 6 months, then switched to Skitch 2 and it does exactly what I want it to do (and more) and getting better with each update. Skitch 1 was different, but much to featured for my needs. I'm much happier with Skitch 2 and the Evernote integration. Not EVERYONE loved 1 more than 2. Thanks Evernote for a beautiful simple Skitch as it is today.

But, I do understand your frustrations as I was a lifetime user of Freehand before Adobe killed it for Illustrator. Was a very hard transition and one that has take many years to do. Still not up to speed either.

Loving Evernote, Skitch and Penultimate.